Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.
| Shropshire and Stafford | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The constituency of Shropshire and Stafford was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Cannock and Burntwood, Ludlow, Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Shropshire, Shrewsbury and Atcham, South Staffordshire, Stafford, and The Wrekin.[1]
Lord Kingsland, then Christoper Prout, was the sole representative during this constituency's existence.
MEPs edit
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Christopher Prout | Conservative | |
| 1994 | Constituency abolished | ||
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christopher Prout | 82,291 | 46.5 | ||
| Labour | David J. A. Hallam | 57,359 | 32.5 | ||
| Liberal | Richard M. Burman | 37,209 | 21.0 | ||
| Majority | 24,932 | 14.0 | |||
| Turnout | 176,859 | 31.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christopher Prout | 85,896 | 41.0 | -5.5 | |
| Labour | David J. A. Hallam | 83,353 | 39.8 | +7.3 | |
| Green | Robert T. C. Saunders | 29,637 | 14.2 | New | |
| SLD | Clifford G. Hards | 10,568 | 5.0 | -16.0 | |
| Majority | 2,543 | 1.2 | -12.8 | ||
| Turnout | 209,454 | 35.0 | +3.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References edit
- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ a b Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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